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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Vampirism

· Vam·pir·ism · IPA
01 n. Belief in the existence of vampires.
  1. 1.
    Belief in the existence of vampires.
  2. 2.
    The actions of a vampire; the practice of bloodsucking.
  3. 3.
    Fig.: The practice of extortion.